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COPYRIGHT © 1996 BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 41 WILLIAM STREET, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08540 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA KUKLICK, BRUCE, 1941PURITANS IN BABYLON : THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL LIFE, 1880-1930 / BRUCE KUKLICK. P.

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INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES AND INDEX. ISBN 0-691-02582-7 (ALK. PAPER) 1. UNITED STATES-INTELLECTUAL LIFE-1865-1918. 2. UNITED STATES-INTELLECTUAL LIFE-20TH CENTURY. 3. MIDDLE EAST-CIVILIZATION-STUDY AND TEACHING UNITED STATES. 4. MIDDLE EAST-CIVILIZATION RESEARCH-UNITED STATES. I. TITLE. El69.l.K78

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Princeton Legacy Library edition 2018 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-691-65514-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-691-65656-4